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ERIC Number: EJ1367132
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 18
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1543-1223
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Bullying and Character Development: An Examination of Character Strengths Associated with Bullying and Cyberbullying in Postprimary Schools in Ireland
Burke, Jolanta; McGuckin, Conor
Journal of Character Education, v18 n1 p51-68 2022
A substantive body of research demonstrates negative bias toward reporting characteristics of young people associated with bullying and cyberbullying in schools, as both victims and perpetrators. The current study proposes a different approach. A sample of 2,799 postprimary school pupils aged 12 to 19 years (M = 15.5, SD = 1.66), divided equally across males and females, completed the Values in Action Inventory of Strengths for Youth questionnaire (VIA-Youth; Park & Peterson, 2005) and Corcoran's (2013) modified version of the net-TEEN questionnaire (Machmutow et al., 2012). A series of stepwise regression analyzes found that the strength of "prudence" was a common denominator predicting nonparticipation in school bullying--as both perpetrators and victims of traditional and cyberbullying. Furthermore, the current study identified a list of other character strengths, such as "fairness" and "love, which predicted noninvolvement of each of the 4 bullying groups (traditional bullies, traditional victims, cyber bullies, cyber victims) differently. Implications of the current research for both practitioners and researchers are discussed, including the potential for the creation of a prosocial, strength-based program to prevent bully/victim problems in schools.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Ireland
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